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First Lines Fridays: August 4, 2023

Published on August 4, 2023August 1, 2023 by Celeste8 Comments

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The rules are as follows:

Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
Finally… reveal the book!

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Book Blogger Hop: July 28-August 3

Published on August 3, 2023July 1, 2023 by CelesteLeave a comment

The Book Blogger Hop was originally created by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books in March 2010 and ended on December 31, 2012. With Jennifer’s permission, Coffee Addicted Writer relaunched the hop on February 15, 2013. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end the following Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop’s purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.

The Book Blogger Hop post image was created by Coffee Addicted Writer.

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Monthly Book Blog Wrap-Up: July 2023

Published on August 2, 2023August 1, 2023 by Celeste6 Comments

Goodbye July and hello August! While I didn’t read a ton of books in July because I was on vacation for 2.5 weeks, I posted more reviews than usual. I also finished some ARCs and posted those reviews. It’s always nice to check another off one’s ARC list. Anyway, before I end up rehashing everything at the beginning, let’s dive into what I did in July.

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Trope-ical Readathon August 2023

Published on August 1, 2023August 27, 2023 by Celeste2 Comments

This second round of Trope-ical Readathon snuck up on me and I almost forgot to register and make reading “plans.” Nevertheless, I made it. For those unaware of Trope-ical Readathon, you can find all of the details here. In summary, Trope-ical Readathon August 2023 includes 13 “Common Challenges” whose prompts contain common tropes (or their alternatives); 2 team-specific challenges; and 1 team book challenge (out of 2 choices). There are 6 teams and completion of a challenge earns your team points. You can sign up to participate through August 6.

In March I signed up with Team Nonfiction/Poetry. But I decided to switch back to Team Fantasy for this round. Looking at the prompts and challenges it appears as though several books I read in July would have done nicely for the readathon. Oh well!

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ARC Review: The Navigating Fox by Christopher Rowe

Published on July 31, 2023August 2, 2023 by Celeste5 Comments

Today’s review is about THE NAVIGATING FOX by Christopher Rowe. It’s a novella that brings together talking animals and humans in an expedition to the gates of Hell. Set in a North America colonized by pseudo ancient Romans, Rowe smartly incorporates themes such as colonialism and ethnocentrism.

Author: Christoper Rowe
Series: None
Age Category: Adult
Publisher: Tordotcom
Publish Date: September 26, 2023
Print Length: 160

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